Police officer and 2 others hurt in crash on Staten Island

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A two-car crash in New Springville landed one police officer and two civilians in the hospital with minor injuries Sunday morning, according to officials.

The crash happened at about 11:32 a.m. on Richmond Hill Road near Rockne Street, and according to an FDNY spokesman, a police officer and two others were taken to Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze, with minor injuries.

It took emergency workers about 30 minutes to remove the officer from the damaged car.